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Leading in a VUCA World
When we walked into school each day prior to COVID-19, we were accustomed to living in an unpredictable environment. Many of us have developed some of our greatest strengths through that unpredictability. Through the many challenges, we become more creative, Read More …
Curriculum Triage: How do we manage the instructional challenge right now?
Stories are pouring in from all over the world—each rich with curricular ideas that resonate not only for the moment but also for the future. This is a time when our dispositions really matter. Each of these contributions shows how Read More …
Turning to the Habits of Mind in a Time of Crisis
As we continue to scroll through our social media feeds and hear from you via email and video conferences, what is so heartwarming to see is how the dispositions have become a touchstone as we navigate personal and professional challenges. Read More …
7 Questions to Ask in Our Transition Plans
First published on Digigogy and reprinted with permission. It’s been a little over a month for many school communities and we’re still facing weeks, if not months, of continued remote learning. But we also have our sights set on what’s Read More …
Building the Future Now: Deciding What to Cut, What to Keep and What to Create
By Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Allison ZmudaPart Two in a Four-Part Series As the school year is winding to a close and everyone is desperate for a break, looking toward the opening of school next year is already causing unease. Read More …
Remote Learning, Week 2: Thinking about Writing as Choices
This post was first published on #MasonPLJourney and is reprinted with permission. One thing I tried: My English teacher heroes beyond MHS, Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle, recently published a terrific piece called “The curse of helicopter teaching” in ASCD. Read More …
Remote Learning, Week 1: Self-Discovery through Writing
This post was first published on #MasonPLJourney and is reprinted with permission. One thing I tried: As we started remote learning I realized that focusing on our content was going to be a mistake. For one there was almost Read More …
How Will We Return to School? Curriculum Choices in the Face of COVID19
By Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Allison Zmuda First in a Four-Part Series on Transition* In the midst of wide-ranging, remote learning efforts during this initial triage phase of the COVID19 crisis, there is a clarion call emerging: What do Read More …
Are You Up for a Design Challenge? Wicked Problems for Post-Pandemic School Redesign
By Eric Chagala, Aaron Roberts, and Allison Zmuda The new liberal art of design thinking is turning to the modality of impossibility… what many people call “impossible” may actually only be a limitation of imagination that can be overcome Read More …